Thomas Grueter has always had trouble putting names with faces. But unlike most of us who might have trouble recollecting the name, Grueter’s trouble lies in recognizing the face–even if it is his own mother’s. His condition is called prosopagnosia […]
Can baseball save a marriage? The research suggests that it certainly can’t hurt! Howard Markman, who co-directs the University of Denver’s Center For Marital and Family Studies, made an interesting discovery a few years ago. He found that cities with […]
Discipline and punishment. One is meant to teach and uplift. The other is retribution for a previous offense. Although they are different in definition, I often I see us muddy our understanding of these distinctly different actions when we are […]
Margaret Storm Jameson, the English author, once expressed the view that we all spend too much time living in the past, feeling regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done. Even when our minds turn to the future, […]
The cross,” someone said recently, “has become so ordinary that we hardly see it anymore.” Can this be true? How could an image once shameful enough to bow the proudest heads become ordinary? Theodore Prescott is a sculptor who has […]
What would you think if I told you that on your tombstone would be inscribed a four-word epitaph? Based on your life, what would those words be? Jesus once had an encounter with a person whom he described with just […]
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 Some years ago, The Archbishop of Canterbury was rushing to catch a train […]
Are you ever haunted by failures from your past? Do you ever doubt your ability to attain a goal based on failure to do so on previous tries? Perhaps you can take courage from the experience of Olympic swimmer, Jason […]
Agnes Bojaxhiu, who died in 1997, was one of the most influential persons of her time. She was so passionate about her beliefs that her life became an articulate expression of her faith. She loved life, and so, hated abortion; […]
How do you expect me to believe in God,” asked Woody Allen, “when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of my electric type-writer?” For a while now, at least in the Western world, the existence […]
